49 and Holding

Today is June 21st.....This is the last day of my forties......ouch....Tomorrow morning when I wake up, I will be 50 years old. Since I took the last ten years off, I will start my next half century off with a good lift and cardio at the gym. Perhaps I can begin to get myself in some sort of shape for the coming years and what lies ahead. The last 10 years in the neon business has been an adventure to say the least. With the emergence of LED being the king pin in channel letters, neon opportunities have shrunk considerabely. My business model however, has enabled me to carve out enough money to survive. I still get a considerable number of requests for custom neon signs and fortunately for me, there are just not that many folks out there who still do this kind of work. Last year, I shipped signs to ALL 50 states. That was a first. This year we have shipped to 36 states and still have a half a year to go. Perhaps we can repeat last year. Gotta scoot back to the plant.....keep those orders coming.